Culture

Bachelor Padding

How lonely single men created China's dangerous real estate bubble.

BY ROSEANN LAKE | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The Gangnam Phenom

A South Korean video is making waves on the Web. But the West is actually late to the party.

BY MARK JAMES RUSSELL | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

China's Brainwashed Youth

The protests against Japan didn't get us our islands back, but they made one thing clear: The people are puppets of the Chinese Communist Party.

BY QI GE | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Buddhist Monks Behaving Badly

The boys in saffron are marching again. But this time there’s nothing that's noble about it.

BY FRANCIS WADE | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Workers of the (Arab) World, Unite!

Could American labor unions be the best way to roll back radical Islamists in the Middle East?

BY JOSEPH BRAUDE | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The City with a Short Fuse

How a shrewd politician defused ethnic tension and improved public services in one of Indonesia’s most dysfunctional cities.

BY RUSHDA MAJEED | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Bullish on the Bear

It’s hard to find people who are optimistic about the future of Russian democracy. Leon Aron explains why he’s one of them.

BY PAUL STAROBIN | SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

China's One Percent

Portraits of the lucky ones, living large in the People's Republic.

BY MATHIAS BRASCHLER, MONIKA FISCHER | AUGUST 31, 2012

Once Upon a Time in Karachi

Snapshots from a time when the cinemas were packed and the booze flowed. 

AUGUST 28, 2012

Beyond Belief

Neil Armstrong's death reminds us that there is no such thing as faith-based progress.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 27, 2012

Hugo Chávez's Mega-Mausoleum

The South American strongman is constructing a massive tomb to hold Simon Bolivar's remains ... and perhaps his own, one day.

AUGUST 17, 2012

Why Don't Chinese Leaders Swim Anymore?

What the sporting habits of China's top officials say about the nature of power in the Middle Kingdom.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | AUGUST 14, 2012

The Souls of Chinese Cities

Letters from Guangzhou, Urumqi, and Shenyang.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | AUGUST 13, 2012

Tomorrow, We Save

Language offers a clue to countries' economic behavior.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPT/OCT 2012

The Most Dynamic Cities of 2025

An exclusive look at the 75 powerhouses of the coming urban revolution, brought to you by FP in partnership with the McKinsey Global Institute.

SEPT/OCT 2012

Blaming the Victims

Why is the U.S. media demanding that Sikhs defend their faith?

BY ROZINA ALI | AUGUST 8, 2012

Town of Secrets

How classified information became Washington’s currency of choice.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 6, 2012

Making Punk a Threat Again

Is Russia's Pussy Riot already the most politically influential punk rock group ever?

BY SPENCER ACKERMAN | AUGUST 3, 2012

The Teddy Bear Bombers

Foreign Policy speaks with the Swedish activists who dropped a planeload of stuffed animals into Belarus, Europe's last dictatorship.

INTERVIEW BY ELIAS GROLL | AUGUST 2, 2012

When Your Whole Country Is a Closet

Powerful images of gay Uganda.

BY TADEJ ZNIDARCIC | AUGUST 2, 2012

Once Upon a Time in London

Rare photographs of a time when Britain really mattered.

JULY 25, 2012

From House Slaves to Banana People

Seven new words that explain modern China.

BY EVELINE CHAO | JULY 19, 2012

Plague of Thugs

Why Mideast dictators use hoodlums to suppress dissent.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 18, 2012

Shrines into Stones

Images of the disappearing treasures of Timbuktu's ancient landmarks as militants bomb them into rubble.

JULY 10, 2012

The Women of Tahrir Square Fight Back

The revolution in Egypt isn’t over -- at least as long as female revolutionaries have anything to say about it.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 5, 2012

Fortress America

Playing the new Cold War board game is a trip back to the 1980s. So why is the theme of an America being invaded still so popular?

BY MICHAEL PECK | JULY 3, 2012

The Shots Heard Round the World

Why conservative economists are aghast at radical reforms by Argentina’s central bank.

BY RICK ROWDEN | JULY 3, 2012

The Prince vs. the 'Paupers'

Liechtenstein's billionaire royal family is threatening to literally abandon its tiny, wealthy principality over a referendum to curtail its power. Is this the coming of the Liechtenspring?

BY MICHAEL Z. WISE | JUNE 29, 2012

The Missing 50 Percent

There’s no real democracy without full representation for women.

BY SUSAN A. MARKHAM | JUNE 29, 2012

Tale of the Dragon Lady

The long, sordid history behind China's blame-the-woman syndrome.

BY PAUL FRENCH | JUNE 26, 2012